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Elin Fflur Llewelyn Harvey (née Jones; born 26 July 1984), known professionally as Elin Fflur, is a Welsh singer-songwriter, television and radio presenter.

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Elin Fflur
Fflur at the 2019 BAFTA Cymru Awards
Born	Elin Fflur Llewelyn Jones (1984-07-26) 26 July 1984 (age 38) Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesey, Wales
Nationality	Welsh
Education	Ysgol David Hughes Bangor University
Occupation	Singer television presenter radio presenter voiceover narrator
Years active	2002–present
Television	Cân i Gymru (2011–) Heno (2012–)
Spouse	Jason Harvey ​ ​ (m. 2012)​
Musical career
Genres	Pop Soul
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Labels	Recordiau Grawn Ffrwyth Sain Jigcal Records
Musical artist

Early life

Fflur was born in Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesey the oldest of three children of Gerallt and Nêst Jones. She was educated at Ysgol David Hughes secondary school in the town of Menai Bridge in Anglesey, and later at Bangor University in Bangor. Fflur began taking part in local Eisteddfodau from the age of three and became a familiar name in National Eisteddfodau thereafter. She later studied criminology at university, but left after her first year.[1]

Fflur's musical roots began with her mother, who was the lead vocalist of the Welsh-folk band Bran in their early, prog-rock releases. Just as Fflur would do twenty four years later, the band Bran became known for winning Cân i Gymru in 1978.

Fflur also took inspiration from her father's favourite artists, who included Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen and her personal favourite, Janis Ian.

Career

Fflur participated in Cân i Gymru in 2002, the 33rd edition of the competition. She won the competition with the song "Harbwr Diogel" ("Safe Bay") composed by Arfon Wyn – the same composer who wrote the 1979 winning song "Ni Welaf yr Haf" ("I Won't See the Summer") for Fflur's mother and band Pererin.

She competed again in Cân i Gymru in 2009, but was unsuccessful this time.

Fflur had success in the bands Carlotta (with her brother Ioan) and Y Moniars.[2] Her younger brother Gwion Llyr Llewelyn is also a drummer.

Fflur now works as a presenter on S4C, initially on the music roadshow Nodyn,[3] which ran for 4 series between 2008–2011.[1] Since 2011, Fflur has co-presented Cân i Gymru each year on S4C with Dafydd Meredydd (2011–2013), Gethin Evans (2014) and Trystan Ellis-Morris (2015–).

In 2012, she became one of the main presenters of the evening magazine programme Heno. She presented her first show on 14 May 2012.[4] This later saw her become an anchor for Welsh annual events such as the Urdd National Eisteddfod, Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod and the National Eisteddfod of Wales. She has also presented episodes of Noson Lawen over the years.

Since 2018, Fflur has been a stand-in presenter for the BBC Radio Cymru 2 breakfast show when main presenters Dafydd Meredydd and Caryl Parry Jones are absent.[5]

On 9 September 2018, Fflur took part in an S4C documentary, Chdi, Fi ac IVF, which followed the attempts she and her husband, Jason Harvey, had gone through to conceive a baby using IVF.[6]

In 2020, Fflur started to present Sgwrs dan y Lloer ("A conversation under the moonlight"). The series features Fflur meeting with a celebrity guest and having an intimate conversation with them in their own back garden at night-time.[7]

Personal life

Fflur has two brothers; Gwion Llŷr Llewelyn (born 27 July 1989), and Ioan Llewelyn.

Fflur participated in an event held at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff, Wales on the 3 November 2006, which broke the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people with the same surname—Jones.[8]

On 15 December 2012, Fflur married Jason Rusell Harvey, a former Llanfairpwll F.C. football player. The couple have spoken openly about their struggles to conceive naturally, and turning their efforts to IVF treatment in an attempt to conceive. Fflur has also spoken candidly of the heartache at losing a baby just weeks after finding out she was pregnant. Medically, she is unable to conceive naturally as her fallopian tubes are defective.[9]

Filmography

Year	Show	Role	Note
2002	Cân i Gymru	Contestant	Winner
2008–2011	Nodyn	Presenter	4 series
2009	Cân i Gymru	Contestant
2011–present	Cân i Gymru	Co-presenter	Annually
2012–present	Heno	Co-presenter
2012–present	Urdd National Eisteddfod	Anchor	Annually
2018	Chdi, Fi ac IVF	Herself	One-off special
2020–present	Sgwrs dan y Lloer	Presenter	2 series
2020	Dathlu Dewrder: Arwyr 2020	Co-presenter

Discography

Singles

Title	English translation	Length	Release	Notes
Ysbryd Efnisien	Efnisien's ghost	10'24"	2006
Cerddwn ymlaen	You'll Never Walk Alone	13'00"	2013	Charity single with Lucie Jones and Rhys Meirion
Cloriau Cudd	Hidden covers	07'24"	2014
Gwely Plu	Feather bed	03'54"	2016
Hiraeth sy’n gwmni i mi	Nostalgia is my company	03'45"	2017
Coflaid yr Angel	Angel	11'00"	2018	with Shân Cothi
Enfys	Rainbow	03'39"	2020	Charity single amid the spread of COVID-19
Dwylo Dros y Môr 2020	Hands Across the Sea 2020	04'51"	2020	Charity single; various artists

Albums

Title	English translation	Length	Release	Notes
Harbwr Diogel	Safe Bay	42'00"	2002	As part of 'Elin Fflur a’r Moniars'
Dim gair	Speechless	51'00"	2003	Debut album, which topped the charts on Radio Cymru.[10]
Cysgodion	Shadows	40'55"	2004
Hafana	Hafana	52'39"	2008
Lleuad Llawn	Full moon	43'43"	2014

Compilation albums

Title	English translation	Length	Release	Note
Y Goreuon	The Best	73'00"	2010

References

External links

• Elin Fflur biography from BBC Wales
• Elin Fflur on Twitter

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